User-Name and Password Notifications

By default, users in all user categories are notified automatically of changes to their user accounts and passwords. These notifications are based on notification templates. Many templates are predefined, and you can create templates for any user category.

During implementation, you identify the notifications that you plan to use for each user category and disable any that aren't needed. This topic introduces the predefined notification templates and explains how to enable and disable notifications.

Predefined Notification Templates

This table describes the predefined notification templates. Each template is associated with a predefined event. For example, the Password Reset Template is associated with the password-reset event. You can see these notification templates and their associated events on the User Category: Notifications page of the Security Console for a user category.

Template Name	Description	Sent to Inactive Users?	Sent to Locked Users?
ORA Administration Activity Request	Notifies the user when an administrator initiates an administration activity	Yes	Yes
ORA Expiring External IDP Signing Certificate	Warns the user that an external identity provider certificate is expiring soon	No	Yes
ORA Expiring Service Provider Encryption Certificate	Warns the user that a service provider encryption certificate is expiring soon	No	Yes
ORA Expiring Service Provider Signing Certificate	Warns the user that a service provider signing certificate is expiring soon	No	Yes
ORA Forgot User Name	Sends the user name to a user who requested the reminder	No	Yes
ORA Location Based Access Disabled Confirmation	Notifies the user when an administrator disables location-based access through an administration activity request	Yes	Yes
ORA New Account	Notifies a user when a user account is created and provides a reset-password link	Yes	Yes
ORA New Account Manager	Notifies the user's manager when a user account is created	Yes	Yes
ORA Password Generated	Notifies the user that a password has been generated automatically and provides instructions for resetting the password	Yes	Yes
ORA Password Expiration	Notifies the user that a password has expired and provides instructions for resetting the password	No	No
ORA Password Expiry Warning	Warns the user that a password is expiring soon and provides instructions for resetting the password	No	No
ORA Password Reset	Sends a reset-password link to a user who performed the Reset Password action on the My Account page	No	Yes
ORA Password Reset Confirmation	Notifies the user when a password has been reset	No	Yes
ORA Password Reset Manager	Sends a reset-password link to the manager of a user who performed the Reset Password action on the My Account page	No	Yes
ORA Password Reset Manager Confirmation	Notifies the user's manager when a user's password has been reset	No	Yes
ORA Single Sign-On Disabled Confirmation	Notifies the user when an administrator disables Single Sign-On through an administration activity request	Yes	Yes

When you create a user category, it's associated automatically with the predefined notification templates, which are all enabled. You can update user categories using the SCIM API, and you can perform bulk updates to categories using HCM Data Loader. For information on adding users to a user category, see the topic Add Users to a User Category.

You can't edit or delete predefined notification templates that begin with the prefix ORA. You can only enable or disable them. However, you can update or delete the user-defined templates. Each predefined event can be associated with only one enabled notification template at a time.

Note: Both pending workers and terminated workers receive emails at their personal email address.

Enabling and Disabling Notifications

For any notification to be sent to the users in a user category, notifications in general must be enabled for the user category. Ensure that the Enable notifications option on the User Category: Notifications page is selected. When notifications are enabled, you can disable specific templates. For example, if you disable the New Account Template, then users in the relevant user category aren't notified when their accounts are created. Other notifications continue to be sent.

To disable a template:

Click Edit on the User Category: Notifications page.
In edit mode, click the template name.
In the template dialog box, deselect the Enabled option.
Click Save and Close.